Precautionary management key to transportation of dangerous goods
- By Chu Gang
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Local governments, on their part, should spare no efforts in building an emergency response notification system, in which the transport sector, firebrigades, and medical teams carry out drills on a regular basis so they can respond quickly to an emergency and work efficiently together in any rescue efforts.
Also, the number and location of local emergency service stations have to be optimized to provide efficient services, and they need to be equipped with all necessary equipment, including fire trucks, ambulances, and communication tools.
In addition, advanced technologies such as the Global Positioning System, Geographic Information System and Radio Frequency Identification, need to be fully exploited in the logistics involving dangerous goods.
Only by following, monitoring, and managing the whole process can the departments concerned know the exact location of the goods in the event of an accident and adopt the best response. Radio Frequency Identification Devices, for example, can provide emergency workers with the category and amount of dangerous goods they are dealing with, helping to restrict post-accident damage to a minimum.
A logistics accident involving dangerous products not only threatens local residents' lives and property, but also causes great losses to the logistics company. Therefore, governments at all levels are obliged to double their financial and policy-related aid to the management of dangerous goods.
In addition, logistic companies should strictly conduct the delivery as requested, and try to determine and eliminate every possible risk involved in the transportation of such goods.
The author is a safety supervisor in Daqing, Heilongjiang province. This article first appeared in the magazine Heilongjiang Science and Technology Information, Issue 19, 2015.
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